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Old 05-December-2003, 03:06 AM
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It is hard to believe NASA may have no true color solar images. You think the sun would make a good color reference out there but maybe the visible flux is too great for the instrumentation. However, the Sun is very stable in the visible portion of the spectrum.

It also seems hard to believe no one has duplicated the Sun's spectrum in a lab or home. Would it really be that hard to duplicate? I would like to know as, shoot, maybe I'll do it myself.

For astronomy to be so advanced and still not be able to say what color our star is, well, it's sad.
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